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Recent Examples of wiggle room
Some of the city's narrow streets fell victim to the aggressive snow totals, leaving residents with little wiggle room to get around it.
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Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
The Rangers need to see adjustments to their approach at the plate during spring training to give them more wiggle room heading into the season.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
There's plenty of wiggle room in the National Weather Service's forecast for a winter storm that's expected to arrive Sunday in metro Detroit.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Since the housing market is always in flux, the law has a bit of wiggle room and specifies that assessed values should fall within the range of 90-110% of market value.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
The Rangers need to see adjustments to their approach at the plate during spring training to give them more wiggle room heading into the season.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
There's plenty of wiggle room in the National Weather Service's forecast for a winter storm that's expected to arrive Sunday in metro Detroit.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Since the housing market is always in flux, the law has a bit of wiggle room and specifies that assessed values should fall within the range of 90-110% of market value.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiggle room
Noun
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Rocky, meanwhile, wore a black double-breasted coat with a tie-waist, a spotty gray-blue shirt and coordinating patterned tie, navy slacks, square toe black loafers, a large Bottega Veneta tote, and Ray-Bans.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2026
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The men’s and women’s T-shirts, jackets, jeans, sweaters, cardigans, underwear, slacks and parkas aim for functional rather than trendy.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Finding space elsewhere helped in both matches against Sunderland, with an overlapping run from Riccardo Calafiori creating space for Trossard away from home.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Musk’s trimming of his previous space travel predictions came after SpaceX acquired XAI last week, in a move that will merge two of his most ambitious companies into the most valuable private firm in the world.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Wiggle room.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiggle%20room. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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